Deities
Alwarthirunagari
Tirukkurukur / Ālvārtiruṉagarī — birthplace of Nammalvar
Āṇḍāḷ (Godādevi)
Ram Janmabhoomi — Divya Desam form
Ayodhya Vaidyanatha as Divya Desam
Ayodhya Ram Mandir
Rāma Janmabhūmi — Divya Desam + new consecration 2024
Badri-narayana
Badrinath — Vishnu meditating in the Himalayas (Vada-Madurai)
Badrinath
Badrīnātha — Char Dham + Divya Desam
Budatt Āḻvār
108 Divya Desams — Vishnu's Sacred Abodes
Divya Desams — The 108 Temples of Lord Vishnu
Kalyana-narayana of Dwaraka
Kalyana-narayana — Vishnu's wedding-form at Dwaraka
Dwarka Krishna
Dwarkadhish — Krishna of Dwaraka
Dwarkadhish Dwarka
Dvārakādhīśa — Krishna's kingdom-capital as Divya Desam
Kallazhagar
Vishnu as the Handsome Lord of Alagar Koyil; Meenakshi's elder brother
Kārvāṉar-perumāḷ
Thirukkalvanoor — Vishnu the "handsome thief"
Kāragathān-perumāḷ
Thiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)
Kalva-perumāḷ
Thiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"
Ulagaḷantha-perumāḷ (Trivikrama #2)
Thiru-ooragam — Vishnu's second Kanchi Trivikrama
Pāṇḍava-dūta-perumāḷ
Pāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas
Ulakaḷaṇḍa-perumāḷ (Trivikrama)
Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider
Varadaraja Perumal Kanchipuram
Varadarāja — one of Kanchi's 3 canonical Divya Desams
Kulaśekhara Āḻvār
Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)
Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills
Madurakavi Āḻvār
Devaraja of Naimisharanya
Devaraja-perumal of Naimisharanya — forest of recitation
Nammāḻvār (Śaṭhakōpaṉ)
Tirunelli Mahavishnu
Tirunelli — Kerala Char Dham of Vishnu
Adi-nātha-perumāḷ
Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār
Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ
Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai
Vaittha-māṇidhi
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkolur
Māyākkūttaṉ
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)
Makaranedumkuḻaikkāthar
Nava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)
Vijayāsana-perumāḷ
Nava Tirupati — Varagunamangai
Paramapadam
Paramapadam — the Supreme Abode, Vaikuntha
Pārthasārathy of Triplicane
Pārthasārathy — Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer
Periyāḻvār
Pey Āḻvār
Poigai Āḻvār
Sārangapāṇi Svāmi
Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi
Rāmānuja at Śrī Perumbudūr
Bhagavān Rāmānuja — 12th c. founder of Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Vaikuntha-nātha of Śrī Vaikuṇṭham
Śrī Vaikuṇṭham (first of Nava Tirupati)
Srirangam Ranganatha
Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha — first and foremost of 108 Divya Desams
Adbhuta-nārāyaṇa
Thiru-kadithanam — Vishnu of Chengannur region
Sowriraja-perumal
Sowriraja of Thirukkannapuram — Krishna's long-haired form
Koodal-Aḻagar
Koodal Azhagar Koil
Adikesava-perumal (Ashtabujagaram)
Ashtabujagaram of Kanchi — eight-armed Vishnu
Saranatha-perumal (distinct shrine)
Saranatha — Vishnu of Kaveri-wedding
Saranatha-perumal of Thirucherai
Saranatha — Vishnu the shelter-giver
Gōvinda-rāja-perumāḷ (Kerala's Thiruchittrakuta)
Thiruchittrakuta — twin of Chitrakuta
Parimala-ranganatha
Parimala-ranganatha of Thiru-indalur
Bhaktavatsala-perumal
Bhaktavatsala of Thirukannamangai — the lover of devotees
Loganatha-perumal
Loganatha of Thirukkannangudi — Vishnu lord of the world
Gopala-krishna-perumal
Gopalakrishna of Thirukavalampadi
Varadaraja-perumal
Varadaraja (Devaraja) of Kanchi — great Vishnu of Tondai-mandalam
Jagatrakshaga-perumal
Jagatrakshaga of Thirukkoodalur — Vishnu who saves the world
Azhagiya-nambi-perumal
Azhagiya Nambi of Thirukkurungudi — the handsome Lord
Soundararajan
Soundararajan of Thirunagai (Nagapattinam)
Vinnagaraperumal of Thirunandhipuram
Vinnagaraperumal — Vishnu of the heavens
Srinivasa-perumal of Nachiyar Koil
Nachiyar Koil — where the goddess takes precedence over the Lord
Navā-mukunda
Thirunavaya — Vishnu at the confluence of Bharatappuzha
Ksheerabdhinatha — Vishnu of the Milk Ocean
Tirupparkadal — Vishnu reclining on Ananta
Pavalavanna-perumal
Pavalavanna — coral-coloured Vishnu of Kanchi
Kalyana-jagannatha-perumal
Kalyana Jagannatha of Thirupullani — Rama's chosen shrine
Govardhana of Vraja
Govardhana-giridhari — Krishna lifting Govardhana
Śrī Vallabha
Sri Vallabha of Thiruvalla
Adikeshava-perumal
Adikeshava of Thiruvattaru — 22-ft reclining Vishnu
Thiruvellarai
Tiruvellaṟai — Pundarikaksha Perumal
Thrikkākara Vāmana
Thrikkakara — Vishnu as Vāmana, origin of Onam
Tirukannapuram
Tirukkaṇṇapuraṃ — Vishnu as Sauri Perumal
Tirukkannamangai
Tirukkaṇṇamaṅgai — Vishnu as Abhishekavalli's consort
Tirupullambhoothamkudi
Tiruppullām Pūtaṅkuḍi — Vishnu with his 4 Pancha Vyuha forms
Tirukkurungudi Vishnu
Tirukkuṟuṅguḍi — Nambiyār Vishnu of the dwarf-body
Tirukkottiyur
Tirukōṭṭiyūr — site of Ramanuja's secret-mantra revelation
Tirumala Venkateswara
Balaji — Lord of the Seven Hills
Tirumaḻiśai Āḻvār
Tirumālirumcholai
Tirumāl Iruñcōlai — Kallazhagar (Madurai hills)
Tirumazhisai Aamanmakkan
Tirumaḻicaiyāḻvāṉ — where 6th-c. Alvar was born
Tirumaṅgai Āḻvār
Tirumogur Kallazhagar Temple
Tirumōgūr — where Mohini bestowed amṛta
Tirumukkudal
Tirumukkūṭal — three-river confluence Vishnu
Tirupparkadal — the milk-ocean
Ksīrābdhinātha — Vishnu reclining on the Milk-Ocean
Tiruppāṇāḻvār
Thiruvananthapuram Padmanabha
Tiruvaṉantapuram Padmanābha — wealth-vault Vishnu
Toṇḍaraḍippoḍi Āḻvār
Uraiyur Azhagiyamanavalan
Uṟaiyūr — old Chola capital, Nachiyar's birthplace
Tirupperai
Tirupperai — one of Nava Tirupati
Vanamamalai Perumal
Vāṉamāmalai / Nāṉkuṇerī — Vishnu as Deivanayagan
Vedānta Deśika at Thooppul
Vedānta Deśika — 13th–14th c. polymath of Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Practices
Temples
Appakkudathaan Perumal (Koviladi)
Hara Saabha Vimocchana Perumal (Kandiyur)
Kāragathān-perumāḷ
Thiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)
Kalva-perumāḷ
Thiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"
Pāṇḍava-dūta-perumāḷ
Pāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas
Ulakaḷaṇḍa-perumāḷ (Trivikrama)
Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider
Varadaraja Perumal Kanchipuram
Varadarāja — one of Kanchi's 3 canonical Divya Desams
Koodal Azhagar Temple, Madurai
The Three-Form Vishnu of Madurai
Alagar Koyil (Kallazhagar Temple)
Kallaḻagar — Vishnu who wades the Vaigai
Devaraja of Naimisharanya
Devaraja-perumal of Naimisharanya — forest of recitation
Adi-nātha-perumāḷ
Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār
Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ
Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai
Vaittha-māṇidhi
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkolur
Māyākkūttaṉ
Nava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)
Makaranedumkuḻaikkāthar
Nava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)
Vijayāsana-perumāḷ
Nava Tirupati — Varagunamangai
Nilathingal Thundam (Chandrasooda)
Paramapadam
Paramapadam — the Supreme Abode, Vaikuntha
Sārangapāṇi Svāmi
Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi
Srirangam Ranganatha
Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha — first and foremost of 108 Divya Desams
Srivilliputhur (Andal)
Adbhuta-nārāyaṇa
Thiru-kadithanam — Vishnu of Chengannur region
Thiru Parameswara Vinnagaram
Thiru Saligram (Muktinath)
Adikesava-perumal (Ashtabujagaram)
Ashtabujagaram of Kanchi — eight-armed Vishnu
Thiruaadhanur
Thiruanbil (Vadivaḻagiya Nambi Perumal)
Thiruarimeya Vinnagaram
Thiruchirupuliyur
Thiruchitrakoodam (Chidambaram Govindaraja)
Gōvinda-rāja-perumāḷ (Kerala's Thiruchittrakuta)
Thiruchittrakuta — twin of Chitrakuta
Parimala-ranganatha
Parimala-ranganatha of Thiru-indalur
Bhaktavatsala-perumal
Bhaktavatsala of Thirukannamangai — the lover of devotees
Loganatha-perumal
Loganatha of Thirukkannangudi — Vishnu lord of the world
Gopala-krishna-perumal
Gopalakrishna of Thirukavalampadi
Thirukavithalam (Gajendra Varadha)
Varadaraja-perumal
Varadaraja (Devaraja) of Kanchi — great Vishnu of Tondai-mandalam
Thirukkadanmallai (Sthalasayana)
Thirukkalvanur (Adi Varaha)
Thirukkandamenum Kadinagar (Devaprayag)
Thirukkavalambadi
Jagatrakshaga-perumal
Jagatrakshaga of Thirukkoodalur — Vishnu who saves the world
Thirukkoshtiyur (Sowmya Narayana)
Thirukkoyilur (Ulagalantha Perumal)
Azhagiya-nambi-perumal
Azhagiya Nambi of Thirukkurungudi — the handsome Lord
Thirumanikoodam
Thirumanimadakoil
Thirumoozhikkalam (Sookthinatha)
Vinnagaraperumal of Thirunandhipuram
Vinnagaraperumal — Vishnu of the heavens
Navā-mukunda
Thirunavaya — Vishnu at the confluence of Bharatappuzha
Thiruneeragam (Jagadeesha)
Thiruneermalai
Thirunindravur (Bhaktavatsala)
Thiruooragam (Trivikrama
Thiruparthanpalli
Ksheerabdhinatha — Vishnu of the Milk Ocean
Tirupparkadal — Vishnu reclining on Ananta
Pavalavanna-perumal
Pavalavanna — coral-coloured Vishnu of Kanchi
Thiruppuliangudi
Thiruppuliyur (Mayapiran)
Thiruppullamboothangudi
Thirupruthi (Jyotirmath/Narsimha)
Kalyana-jagannatha-perumal
Kalyana Jagannatha of Thirupullani — Rama's chosen shrine
Thiruputkuzhi (Vijayaraghava)
Thirusemponsaikoil
Thiruthalaichanga Nanmadiyam
Thiruthangal (Ninra Narayana)
Thiruthanjai Mamanikoil
Thiruthanka (Vilakkoli Perumal)
Thiruthetriambalam
Thiruthevanarthogai
Thirutholaivillimangalam (Irattai Tirupadi)
Govardhana of Vraja
Govardhana-giridhari — Krishna lifting Govardhana
Thiruvaikunta Vinnagaram
Thiruvaipadi (Gokula)
Thiruvali
Śrī Vallabha
Sri Vallabha of Thiruvalla
Thiruvallikeni (Parthasarathy)
Thiruvallur (Vaidya Veeraraghava)
Thiruvanparisaram (Thiruppathisaram)
Thiruvanpurushothamam
Thiruvanthipuram (Devanathaswamy)
Thiruvanvandoor (Paambanaiyappan)
Adikeshava-perumal
Adikeshava of Thiruvattaru — 22-ft reclining Vishnu
Thiruvazhundur
Thiruvekka (Yathottakari)
Thiruvellakulam
Thiruvellarai
Tiruvellaṟai — Pundarikaksha Perumal
Thiruvelukkai (Azhagiya Singar)
Thiruvenkadam (Tirumala/Tirupati)
Thiruvidanthai (Nithyakalyana)
Thiruvinnagar (Uppiliappan)
Thiruvithuvakodu (Abhayapradhaya)
Thrichittatt Mahavishnu (Chengannur)
Thrikkākara Vāmana
Thrikkakara — Vishnu as Vāmana, origin of Onam
Tirukannapuram
Tirukkaṇṇapuraṃ — Vishnu as Sauri Perumal
Tirumala — Annamacharya Keertanas and the Sankeerthanas
Tirumala — Saint Annamacharya's Sacred Compositions
Tirupati — Venkateswara Temple and the Bhadrachalam Setti
Tirumala Tirupati — The Richest Hindu Temple
Tirumālirumcholai
Tirumāl Iruñcōlai — Kallazhagar (Madurai hills)
Tirumogur
Tirumōgūr — where Mohini bestowed amrita
Tirumukkudal
Tirumukkūṭal — three-river confluence Vishnu
Tirupparkadal — the milk-ocean
Ksīrābdhinātha — Vishnu reclining on the Milk-Ocean
Thiruvananthapuram Padmanabha
Tiruvaṉantapuram Padmanābha — wealth-vault Vishnu
Uraiyur Azhagiyamanavalan
Uṟaiyūr — old Chola capital, Nachiyar's birthplace
Vanamamalai Perumal
Vāṉamāmalai / Nāṉkuṇerī — Vishnu as Deivanayagan